Antisnake venom activity of hibiscus aethiopicus L. against echis ocellatus and naja n. nigricollis

Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hasson, S S ^a,b   Al Jabri, A A ^a   Sallam, T A ^c   Al Balushi, M S ^a   Mothana, R A A ^d  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Alex Close   (United Kingdom)

^c AL BAHA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIBISCUS AETHIOPICUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESEARCH; ECHIS OCELLATUS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS AETHIOPICUS; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NAJA NIGRICOLLIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SNAKE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; ECHIS OCELLATUS; HIBISCUS; NAJA; NAJA NIGRICOLLIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 77954568761     PISSN: 16878191     EISSN: 16878205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/837864     Document Type: Article

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